A Vulgar Man Is Captious And Jealous;

The Possibility Of Remedying Imprudent Actions Is Commonly An Inducement To Commit Them.

It Is Hard To Say Which Is The Greatest Fool: He Who Tells The Whole Truth, Or He Who Tells No Truth At All. Character Is As Necessary In Business As In Trade. No Man Can Deceive Often In Either.

Men Have Various Subjects In Which They May Excel, Or At Least Would Be Thought To Excel, And Though They Love To Hear Justice Done To Them Where They Know They Excel, Yet They Are Most And Best Flattered Upon Those Points Where They Wish To Excel And Yet Are Doubtful Whether They Do Or Not.

A Judicious Reticence Is Hard To Learn, But It Is One Of The Great Lessons Of Life.

Without Some Dissimulation No Business Can Be Carried On At All.